1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5

English Standard Version

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives ^(A)the prize? So ^(B)run that you may obtain it. ²⁵ Every ^(C)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^(D)an imperishable. ²⁶ So I do not run aimlessly; I ^(E)do not box as one ^(F)beating the air. ²⁷ But I discipline my body and ^(G)keep it under control,^[a] lest after preaching to others ^(H)I myself should be ^(I)disqualified.

Warning Against Idolatry

10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,^[b] that our fathers were all under ^(J)the cloud, and all ^(K)passed through the sea, ² and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, ³ and ^(L)all ate the same ^(M)spiritual food, ⁴ and ^(N)all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. ⁵ Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for ^(O)they were overthrown^[c] in the wilderness.